Background Check/Bikes/Buses

Background Clearance

While encouraging parent participation, we must also consider the safety of every child at Ventana Ranch by requiring a background check from volunteers prior to any volunteer activity, which includes field trip chaperons. We will not make exceptions to this policy and will enforce it for all volunteers and chaperones.

The background check will be conducted based on information obtained from the online application and takes 3-5 business days to process. Clearance decisions make take longer for those in which any instance is revealed on the background check.

The APS volunteer application is for all APS schools excluding APS and state chartered schools for a fee of $12.00.

APS background checks are valid for 2 years.

Please contact APS central office for more information at 855-9040. For more details as to who is required to have a background check please see the Volunteer/Visitor policy under letter “V”.

Bicycles

Bikes may be ridden to school provided the student has a lock. The bike must be walked on campus and must remain locked throughout the school day. The school cannot be responsible for damage or theft to student bicycles (scooters or skateboards). It is a state law that children wear helmets and practice safe riding habits when riding bikes or other items with wheels to school.

Buses

Bus service is provided for students who live within the Ventana Ranch boundaries but live one mile or more away from school grounds. We highly encourage students to ride the bus to school, as it helps tremendously with keeping students from being tardy to school.

Complaints about bus service should be addressed with the bus company or the transportation office at 880-3989.

Children should follow the school rules while waiting for the bus, boarding the bus and while being transported by the bus. Please remember that bus riding is a privilege that may be revoked if rules are violated. APS Transportation forbids children from riding buses other than those for which they are registered.